Fade to Black

By Oelania P., Brooklyn, NY

Image Credit: Elizabeth C., Spartanburg, SC

scarletpoisonscreams from the poresthe silence that's noise isdeafeningstaining the minds of all who witnessnameless heaps ofonce-livingstrewn across a stretching battlefieldwhere chalky ashes chokethe grassthat pillow the bodiesthat harbor within them, the evilforeverin a reverie of endless sleep